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How much time between shots when shooting for groups?
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<blockquote data-quote="del2les" data-source="post: 1938252" data-attributes="member: 9299"><p>Agree. I fully understand checking a handload for group size, for I was a short and long range BR/varmint shooter for many decades, and informally, still am. <em>However for hunting, I prefer the cold bore shot placement scenario</em>. Although when sighting and depending on barrel thickness and case capacity of the load, I may fire 3 rds per 5-6 minutes or no more than 5 in 10 minutes. Some thin barrels and magnum loads may see no more than 3 rds per 10 minutes.</p><p></p><p>This reminds me of a decades ago training I went through with a prior military sniper and with a focus on LR hunting/precision. I was instructed to awake each morning and take my rifle to the range, luckily I had one on the property, and with one round only, fire at the same target that was used the prior day. Doing this for a 5 day stretch gave the real hunting group size of the rifle/load, and it revealed my ability, or lack thereof, to stay precise during daily changing weather conditions. In addition to this practice, later, I was instructed to place my rifle in a water tight bag or case and leave it out overnight. This simulated the "cold soak" a rifle may go through when taken out of the house and placed in a cold, multi-hour fall/winter hunting condition. Some changed little, but some wood stocked rifles' POI's changed considerably.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="del2les, post: 1938252, member: 9299"] Agree. I fully understand checking a handload for group size, for I was a short and long range BR/varmint shooter for many decades, and informally, still am. [I]However for hunting, I prefer the cold bore shot placement scenario[/I]. Although when sighting and depending on barrel thickness and case capacity of the load, I may fire 3 rds per 5-6 minutes or no more than 5 in 10 minutes. Some thin barrels and magnum loads may see no more than 3 rds per 10 minutes. This reminds me of a decades ago training I went through with a prior military sniper and with a focus on LR hunting/precision. I was instructed to awake each morning and take my rifle to the range, luckily I had one on the property, and with one round only, fire at the same target that was used the prior day. Doing this for a 5 day stretch gave the real hunting group size of the rifle/load, and it revealed my ability, or lack thereof, to stay precise during daily changing weather conditions. In addition to this practice, later, I was instructed to place my rifle in a water tight bag or case and leave it out overnight. This simulated the "cold soak" a rifle may go through when taken out of the house and placed in a cold, multi-hour fall/winter hunting condition. Some changed little, but some wood stocked rifles' POI's changed considerably. [/QUOTE]
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